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mail survey; 500 respondents for 

telephone interviews). 

Estimated average burden hours per 

response: 1⁄3 hour for mail survey 

respondents; 1⁄12 hour for follow-up 

telephone interview respondents. 

Frequency of Response: 1 time per 

respondent. 

Estimated annual reporting burden: 

709 hours. 

Dated: September 7, 2006. 

Leonard E. Stowe, 

NPS, Information Collection Clearance 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–7719 Filed 9–15–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Legislative Environmental Impact 

Statement on Gull Egg Harvest by the 

Huna Tlingit in Glacier Bay National 

Park 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

Legislative Environmental Impact 

Statement. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) is preparing a Legislative 

Environmental Impact Statement (LEIS) 

on the potential harvest of gull eggs by 

the Huna Tlingit in Glacier Bay National 

Park. The purpose of the LEIS is to 

respond to Section 4 of the Glacier Bay 

National Park Resource Management 

Act of 1999 (Pub. L. 106–455) which 

requires the Secretary of Interior, in 

consultation with local residents, to 

assess whether sea gull eggs can be 

collected in the park on a limited basis 

without impairing the biological 

sustainability of the gull population in 

the park. The Act further requires that 

if the study determines that the limited 

collection of sea gull eggs can occur 

without impairing the biological 

sustainability of the gull population in 

the park, the Secretary shall submit 

recommendations for legislation to 

Congress. 

The proposed action alternative will 

include harvesting glaucous-winged gull 

(Larus glaucescens) eggs by tribal 

members of the Hoonah Indian 

Association (HIA) under a traditional 

harvest strategy cooperatively produced 

by NPS and HIA The traditional harvest 

strategy would outline the methods by 

which eggs could be harvested, harvest 

limits, and monitoring actions that 

would be implemented to ensure that 

park purposes and values would remain 

unimpaired. A second alternative will 

consider more limited egg harvest 

opportunities. A no action alternative, 

which would continue to preclude egg 

harvest throughout the park will also be 

included in the LEIS. 

Scoping: The National Park Service 

seeks input from interested groups, 

organizations, individuals and 

government agencies. Written and 

verbal scoping comments are being 

solicited. Further information on this 

LEIS process is available by contacting 

the National Park Service at Glacier Bay 

National Park and Preserve. 

Our practice is to make comments, 

including names, home addresses, home 

phone numbers, and email addresses of 

respondents, available for public 

review. Individual respondents may 

request that we withhold their names 

and/or home addresses, etc., but if you 

wish us to consider withholding this 

information you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

comments. In addition, you must 

present a rationale for withholding this 

information. This rationale must 

demonstrate that disclosure would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of privacy. Unsupported 

assertions will not meet this burden. In 

the absence of exceptional, 

documentable circumstances, this 

information will be released. We will 

always make submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

The LEIS is being prepared in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4331 et 

seq.) and its implementing regulations 

at 40 CFR part 1500 and the process for 

proposals for legislation (40 CFR 

1506.8). 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of this project should be received on or 

before November 17, 2006. The draft 

LEIS is projected to be available in early 

2007. Submit electronic comments to 

http://parkplanning.nps.gov. Written 

comments may be mailed to the address 

provided below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Beth Moss, Project Manager, 

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, 

P.O. Box 140, Gustavus, AK 99826. 

Telephone (907) 945–3545 x31, Fax 

(907) 945–3703. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Glacier 

Bay National Park is the traditional 

homeland of the Huna Tlingit people. 

The Huna Tlingit harvested eggs at gull 

rookeries in Glacier Bay, including the 

large nesting site on South Marble 

Island, prior to the park being 

established in 1925. Until recently, the 

Migratory Bird Treaty Act prohibited 

the harvest of gull eggs, and by statute 

and NPS regulations, harvest is still 

precluded within park boundaries. 

Legislation is necessary to authorize the 

collection of sea gull eggs in the park, 

and regulations would need to be 

promulgated to implement the gull egg 

collection program in accordance with 

the provisions of Section 4 of Pub. L. 

106–455. 

Dated: August 9, 2006. 

Victor Knox, 

Acting Regional Director, Alaska. 

[FR Doc. 06–7716 Filed 9–15–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–HX–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Availability of the Record of 

Decision for the Environmental Impact 

Statement on the South Denali 

Implementation Plan, Denali National 

Park and Preserve, AK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Record of Decision for the 

Environmental Impact Statement on the 

South Denali Implementation Plan. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) announces the availability of the 

Record of Decision (ROD) for the 

Environmental Impact Statement on the 

South Denali Implementation Plan, 

Denali National Park and Preserve, 

Alaska. 

This Record of Decision documents 

the decision by the NPS, in cooperation 

with the State of Alaska and MatanuskaSusitna Borough to adopt the South 

Denali Implementation Plan. The Final 

South Denali Implementation Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 

was prepared cooperatively by the 

National Park Service, the State of 

Alaska, and the Matanuska-Susitna 

Borough to provide specific direction 

for expanded visitor facilities and 

recreational opportunities in the South 

Denali region until 2021. South Denali 

is defined to include the local 

communities, the Petersville Road 

corridor, the western section of Denali 

State Park, the northern part of the 

Peters Hills, lands east of the Peters 

Hills to the eastern boundary of Denali 

State Park, and the Parks Highway 

corridor from Rabideaux Creek north 

through the state park. 

The NPS selected Alternative C, as 

described in the FEIS. Of the two action 

alternatives, this alternative best meets 

the objectives of the plan for resource 


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protection, increasing quality 

recreational and access opportunities, 

and preserving quality of life values in 

local communities. The ROD briefly 

discusses the background for the 

planning effort, summarizes public 

involvement during the planning 

process, states the decision and 

discusses the basis for it, describes other 

alternatives considered, specifies the 

environmentally preferable alternative, 

and identifies measures adopted to 

minimize potential environmental 

harm. 

ADDRESSES: The ROD can be found 

online at the NPS Planning, 

Environmental and Public Comment 

Web site at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/index.cfm. 

Copies of the ROD are available on 

request from: Miriam Valentine, 

National Park Service, Talkeetna Ranger 

Station, P.O. Box 588, Talkeetna, 

Alaska, 99676. Telephone: (907) 733–

9102. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike Tranel, Chief of Planning, National 

Park Service, Denali National Park and 

Preserve, 240 West 5th Avenue, 

Anchorage, Alaska 99501. Telephone: 

(907) 644–3611. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS 

prepared an EIS, as required, under the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969 and Council of 

Environmental Quality regulations (40 

CFR part 1500). 

A Notice of Intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement, 

published in the Federal Register in 

February 2004 (69 FR 72513), formally 

initiated the NPS planning and EIS 

effort. A Draft EIS was issued in 

September 2005 (70 FR 55414). A 

Federal Register notice announcing the 

availability of the Final EIS was 

published by the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency on May 5, 2006, 

commencing the required 30-day noaction period (71 FR 26498). The Final 

EIS describes and analyzes the 

environmental impacts of two action 

alternatives and a no-action alternative. 

The NPS selected Alternative C, as 

described in the Final EIS. The 

emphasis of the selected alternative is to 

enhance access and recreational 

opportunities throughout the South 

Denali region for a variety of visitors, 

including Alaskans, independent 

travelers, and package tour travelers, 

while at the same time protecting the 

important resource and community 

values in the area, including the rural 

lifestyle of local residents. 

Major actions of the selected 

alternative include: 

• Provide a new destination and 

additional visitor opportunities in the 

South Denali region. New facilities will 

offer easily accessible visitor 

opportunities along the state’s main 

highway between Anchorage and 

Fairbanks. The visitor center will 

provide visitors an intimate setting and 

facilitate their connection to the 

landscape and natural resources. It will 

offer a range of opportunties for learning 

and recreating, and it will provide 

visitors of various abilities a chance to 

experience alpine and subarctic tundra 

environments and opportunities to view 

Mount McKinley and the Alaska Range. 

Opportunities to view wildlife exist as 

well as opportunities to spend a day or 

more at the visitor center or in the 

surrounding area. 

• Offer a wide variety of high-quality 

recreation opportunities throughout the 

South Denali region for a variety of 

visitors. Visitors traveling in groups and 

those traveling independently can 

benefit from the options offered. Some, 

and perhaps all, of the facilities and 

opportunities should be attractive to 

Alaska residents who recreate in the 

South Denali region. The new Parks 

Highway visitor center will provide 

information, orientation, interpretive 

programs, and shelter to visitors. Public 

use cabins, trail systems for a wide 

variety of user groups, and camping 

facilities will provide options for 

visitors to experience the landscape in 

remote as well as in easily accessible 

settings. New trails, parking areas, boat 

launch, and potential docking facility 

will provide increased access to rivers 

and public lands in the South Denali 

region. Together these developments 

should accommodate the visitor growth 

anticipated for the South Denali region 

over the next 15 to 20 years. 

• Create economic and employment 

opportunities for local residents through 

establishment of a new visitor 

destination. Residents of south central 

Alaska, in particular, will benefit from 

improved recreational access with this 

alternative. Rural character may be 

negatively affected, particularly for the 

community of Trapper Creek. Negative 

impacts will be partially mitigated by 

measures in the plan to protect the 

scenic qualities of adjacent road 

corridors. The agencies will continue to 

address local interests by seeking public 

input during future planning and 

implementation efforts. 

Dated: July 31, 2006. 

Victor Knox, 

Acting Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. 06–7714 Filed 9–15–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–PF–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Availability for the Record of 

Decision on the Final Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Stream 

Management Plan, Herbert Hoover 

National Historic Site, West Branch, IA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, the National Park Service 

(NPS) announces the availability of the 

Record of Decision (ROD) on the final 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Stream Management Plan, 

Herbert Hoover National Historic Site 

(Site), West Branch, Iowa. The Midwest 

Regional Director approved the ROD for 

this final EIS on August 1, 2006. 

Specifically, the Site will adopt and 

implement actions described under 

Alternative E, the preferred alternative, 

in the final EIS. Under the selected 

action, the primary strategy entails the 

restoration of the function of the stream 

corridor and a floodwater detention area 

in the upstream portion of the Park. 

The EIS considered and evaluated five 

alternatives to the selected action. A full 

range of foreseeable environmental 

consequences was assessed. The 

overriding concern expressed by the 

Site and the public during the 

development of this action was the 

protection of fundamental resources and 

values of the Site. Alternative E—

Provide 50-Year Flood Protection—is 

the selected alternative since it best 

meets the objectives of the Site. The 

preferred alternative will not result in 

the impairment of resources and values. 

The ROD includes a statement of the 

decision made, synopses of other 

alternatives considered, the basis for the 

decision, the rationale for why the 

selected action is the environmentally 

preferred alternative, a finding of no 

impairment of Site resources and 

values, and an overview of public 

involvement in the decisionmaking 

process. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Superintendent, Stream Management 

Plan Record of Decision, Herbert Hoover 

National Historic Site, P.O. Box 607, 

West Branch, Iowa 52358, or by calling 

319–643–2541. Copies of the final EIS 

and ROD are available upon request 

from the above address. 

Dated: August 1, 2006. 

Ernest Quintana, 

Regional Director, Midwest Region. 

[FR Doc. 06–7715 Filed 9–15–06; 8:45 am] 

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